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Changsha hemorrhagic fever rose in October to February peak incidence
http://news.changsha.cn | 2013-11-06 21:1:56 Star Online |
Star Online - Changsha News November 6 News (correspondent Dan Xie Chen Tagi Reporter Huang Qing)
Recently, Hengyang a man eat Spicy body after multiple bleeding, the suspect with the consumption of food contaminated with mouse-related messages, causing public harm mice attention. And the Mouse "close contact" can cause diseases? Changsha Municipal Center for Disease Control Expert Tip: bitten by rats, mice or in contact with urine, feces and other excretions and contaminated food eaten by mice, are likely to be infected with renal syndrome hemorrhagic fever (hereinafter referred to as hemorrhagic fever) and other diseases. In particular reminded that this year, China hemorrhagic fever cases increased over last year, the city has rebounded hemorrhagic fever epidemic, the public should pay attention to, and actively Rodent prevent infection.
Changsha Municipal Center for Disease Control Communicable Disease Control Section, Liu Ruchun introduction, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, is caused by a hantavirus spread by rodents as the main source of natural foci of disease. Clinical symptoms are fever, bleeding, kidney damage three characteristics, the incubation period is usually 7-14 days, early onset typically manifested as sudden high fever (40 ℃ above, Sustainable 4-6 days), many accompanied by headache, orbital pain , back pain and other "three pain" symptoms, as well as the face, neck, upper chest congestion and flushing of the skin and other "three red" symptoms, like a "drunken appearance." Trunk and upper limb skin may appear streak bleeding, eye conjunctival hyperemia. Also often accompanied by fatigue, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms. Wide epidemic, acute onset, severe illness, if the lack of timely treatment, can be life threatening.
Since the 1990s, the city was hemorrhagic fever overall downward trend. This year, our overall hemorrhagic fever cases increased over last year, the city has rebounded hemorrhagic fever epidemic, cases mostly for adults aged 20-60, mostly farmers. In some historical epidemic hemorrhagic fever cases reported increased significantly over last year total, and has appeared deaths. Remind that: hemorrhagic fever with a clear peak in winter and spring, the annual October to February is the peak incidence. Current time when the peak incidence of hemorrhagic fever epidemic, the public to be alert, active rodent rodents.
The city nearly three years disease surveillance indications: Rodents are the main source of infection hemorrhagic fever, exposure to infected rodents and their droppings major risk factor for hemorrhagic fever. Positive rodents, rodent control, disease prevention and proper personal protection is the key. Every year in April, October or so, the city will organize large-scale anti-rodent campaign in each community to put drugs rat rodent habitat activities, the public should actively cooperate. Daily lives to pay attention to environmental sanitation; out in the sewer entrance plus mesh wire diameter of less than 1 cm in rodents; put food, food waste, etc. stored in sealed, seamless containers; if drinking water, food contaminated by mice, do not be eating; utensils should be disinfected regularly, especially collective units, construction site canteen, tableware disinfection in particular to do before re-use; avoid direct contact with mice and mouse or urine, feces, etc. excrement; work in the field and a rat-infested room cleaning, should be a long-sleeved clothes and trousers fastened cuffs, wear a mask.
If you accidentally bitten by rats, 20% immediately with soapy water (or other alkaline cleaners) and a certain pressure, water flow, alternating thorough cleaning, rinse all bites and scratches at least 15 minutes (deep wounds flushing, to increase water pressure), and then with saline (can also be used instead of pure water) wash the wound, conditional reusable 2% to 3% iodine or 75% alcohol rubbed the wound as soon as possible to go to the regular disposal of animal bite wounds outpatient further, directed the relevant vaccine inoculation (eg: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome vaccine, rabies vaccine).
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